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Photo of Kevin Durant smoking tweeted from his account

Kevin Durant’s twitter account, late last night, featured the image at right.

For a player whose public identity is intentionally clean-cut – business tattoos and such – the photo was somewhat surprising.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with Durant smoking hookah, which is most commonly filled with tobacco, a legal substance for adults like him. But such high-profile athletes with so many endorsements don’t generally make a habit of displaying their drug use, even when it’s legal. Some people don’t want their kids exposed to that, and they could always respond by avoiding products endorsed by the celebrity.

Durant also presents himself as a perfect competitor, even though that’s as much a myth about him as it is for anyone else with the label. Nobody can devote 100 percent of their life to competing, and Durant doing something that could lower his lung capacity – and adversely affect his on-court performance, even if by the smallest degree – is proof. Durant is as relentless as they come, but that doesn’t mean he completely lacks vices. (Nor should he. Being perfectly devoted to basketball is unhealthy and probably miserable. Thankfully, again, nobody can reach that level.)

If there’s a scandal here, it’s that you saw the picture, not that the events it captured happened. And in that scandal, Durant is the victim.

Re: Photo of Kevin Durant smoking tweeted from his account

Whatever he wants? Child porn? Heroin? Drag race? Abuse women? Sure, whatever he wants. It's not like the NBA markets him as a star and companies use him to sell products. Yep, whatever he wants.

Yeah, I obviously meant heroin and child porn when I said that. Your post is as sensationalist as the media who also puts cannabis use in the same corner as heroin and child porn. Ignorance wins the day!

Re: Photo of Kevin Durant smoking tweeted from his account

I don't want to turn this into a huge moral debate, but why the hell do we care if the dude is smoking pot anyway (even though it is very clearly hookah.) It is pot ffs. Alcohol is much worse than pot if you are thinking with your head rather than the law book and nobody even raises an eyebrow when players go get smashed.

#LanceEffect

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